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At 9am last Friday there were three words on everyone's lips in Dannevirke: "There's no wind."

For the first time in years the Chamber of Commerce market day opened with hardly a breeze to ripple covers on the traders' tables and chamber chairwoman Sue Berry was delighted.

"We've 22 stallholders as well as retailers out on High St and it's a relief the wind has stayed away," she said.

With the torrential rain easing just before 9am, everyone was set for a good day. And while the rain returned again at noon, it didn't dampen the spirits of loyal stallholders who have been making the trek from Hastings "forever''.